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• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 6 | Evolution

  Why Have Our Brains Started to Shrink?

  —via e-mail
  November 1, 2014 |1
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 6 | Mind & Brain

  Why Do We Want to Bite Cute Things, Like Adorable Newborn Babies?

  —Emma Poltrack, Virginia
  November 1, 2014 |Emma Poltrack |4
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 5 | Mind & Brain

  Can Adults Improve Their Emotional Intelligence?

  September 1, 2014 |Emily Lenneville |1
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 5 | Mind & Brain

  Are People Naturally Inclined to Cooperate or Be Selfish?

  September 1, 2014 |Matthew Robison |4
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 4 | Mind & Brain

  What Processes in the Brain Allow You to Remember Dreams?

  July 1, 2014 |6
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 4 | Mind & Brain

  Can You Experience Déja Vu of a Place or Situation You've Never Encountered?

  July 1, 2014 |3
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 3 | Mind & Brain

  I Have Asperger's, and My Mum Says My Brain Works Differently. How So?

  May 1, 2014 |5
• Science Agenda - MIND | Health

  Can Heart Surgery Change a Person's Personality?

  —via e-mail
  March 1, 2014 |
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 2 | Mind & Brain

  What Causes the Brain to Have Slow Processing Speed, and How Can the Rate Be Improved?

  March 1, 2014 |Heather Walker |7
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 2 | Health

  Can Heart Surgery Change a Person's Personality?

  —via e-mail
  March 1, 2014 |6
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 1 | More Science

  What Brain Activity Can Explain Suspension of Disbelief?

  January 1, 2014 |Michael Mueller |
• Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 1 | Mind & Brain

  Why Do We Develop Certain Irrational Phobias?

  January 1, 2014 |Andrew Watts |1
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 5 | Mind & Brain

  Why do Some People Want to Get Rid of Functioning Parts of their Own Body?

  November 1, 2013 |Emily Lenneville |12
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 5 | Mind & Brain

  How does Virtual-reality Therapy for PTSD work?

  November 1, 2013 |Lauren Sippel |5
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 4 | Mind & Brain

  Do Negative Political Ads Work?

  September 1, 2013 |11
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 4 | Mind & Brain

  What Physiological Changes Can Explain the Honeymoon Phase of a Relationship?

  September 1, 2013 |3
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 3 | Mind & Brain

  How Has the Human Brain Evolved?

  July 1, 2013 |34
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 3 | Mind & Brain

  Why Do I Think Better after I Exercise?

  July 1, 2013 |19
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 2 | Mind & Brain

  Why Do Top Athletes Suddenly Develop “the Yips”—a Tendency to Choke under Pressure?

  May 1, 2013 |8
• Scientific American Mind Volume 24, Issue 2 | More Science

  How Does the Brain React to a Romantic Breakup?

  May 1, 2013 |2

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